Designed Dutch Ecosystems: Landscape Management Lessons from Heemparks of the Netherlands

Start Date

10/25/2023

End Date

01/24/2024

Description

Netherland’s Heemparks, public parks designed with native Dutch species to reflect local ecosystems, are a unique albeit understudied landscape typology. With more than one hundred established, most for more than fifty years, heemparks offer valuable precedents as to how naturalistic landscapes can be managed to sustain high levels of native vegetation richness for decades. Drawing from three years of research, this presentation will discuss specific heempark management techniques, explain how varying levels of management intensity impacts species richness, and posit how integrating landscape management into the design process is crucial to ensuring that designs remain beautiful and species-rich long after installation, as so many heemparks have successfully achieved.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.25

Learning Outcomes

1. Learn about international examples of naturalistic landscape architecture that may serve as valuable design precedents.
2. Learn about elements of heempark management, including particular techniques and rationale for decisions.
3. Gain insight into the importance of integrating landscape management into the design process to create and maintain successful designs.

Instructors

Keenan Porter

Course Codes

Provider

New Directions in the American Landscape

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